XPost: alt.bible, alt.religion.christian   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/30/2026 6:58 AM, % wrote:   
   > Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >> On 1/28/2026 5:48 AM, Attila wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:29:28 +0000, Mitchell Holman   
   >>>  in alt.atheism with message-id   
   >>>  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> James wrote in news:em3inkp5cclm7hpti9235ov6pigdo9uqj7@4ax.com:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:17:13 -0500, Attila  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> All right here is just one Biblical example. Combine these two verses   
   >>>>> and see what you get:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> -- New King James   
   >>>>> Isaiah 40:22  It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and its   
   >>>>> inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like   
   >>>>> a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The Hebrew word for "circle" there is "hhug". And One reference states   
   >>>>> that it can mean "sphere".   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> -- New King James   
   >>>>> Job 26:7  He stretches out the north over empty space; he hangs the   
   >>>>> earth on nothing.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So combining those two verses we get a spherical or circular earth   
   >>>>> floating in space.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Earth is flat, the Bible says so.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> And bats are birds.  Same source.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I wonder if James ever wakes up some days feeling brainwashed.   
   >>   
   >> Dawn   
   >   
   > i wonder why anyone would care   
      
   I care because they have political influence in the United States (but   
   in few, if any, other Western democracies); when they cease to have any   
   meaningful influence, I will cease caring.   
      
   Dawn   
      
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